My setup (I will switch voltage to A/F correction)
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(Yes Jorge's tunes give me better mileage than a Prius
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Main thing I want to draw people's attention to is feedback correction/fine knock learning. Say you are doing fine after a protune and few months down the line you get presumably a bad tank of gas. If you consistently keep the Cobb V3 attached as a gauge, and you do a pull, you'll see the changes in the max/min values of feedback correction (most of the time negative) after the pull. You will instantly know that you are pulling timing due to knock and you may want to investigate further with a full datalog or just take it easy on this tank of bad gas.
Significant knock = consistent and/or occurs across multiple cells
I think the Cobb V3 is a game changer in realtime knock monitoring which allows constant vigilance of factors that can damage piston ringlands where in the past, these factors went unnoticed for too long or a hassle to obtain in a lengthy datalog.
This makes Cobb AP an even more worthwhile purchase for your car. You gain such a comprehensive assessment of the health of the engine and tune with constant awareness of the DAM, FKC, and FKL. You know at a moment's notice something isn't right and it is your judgment call to not push the car too hard on this batch of bad gas or delve into it with a full datalog.
This is bad gas:
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My DAM was 1 prior to this fill up. Right after I filled up with apparently bad 93 octane, I noticed -1.1 knock at partial throttle and DAM dropped to 0.8 which means timing was pulled by 20% across the board. My DAM came back to 1 after the next tank. Had I not been monitoring, I could have unknowingly encountered this repeatedly in the future and you could see how bad it would bode for my motor in the long term.
(Yes Jorge's tunes give me better mileage than a Prius
Main thing I want to draw people's attention to is feedback correction/fine knock learning. Say you are doing fine after a protune and few months down the line you get presumably a bad tank of gas. If you consistently keep the Cobb V3 attached as a gauge, and you do a pull, you'll see the changes in the max/min values of feedback correction (most of the time negative) after the pull. You will instantly know that you are pulling timing due to knock and you may want to investigate further with a full datalog or just take it easy on this tank of bad gas.
Significant knock = consistent and/or occurs across multiple cells
I think the Cobb V3 is a game changer in realtime knock monitoring which allows constant vigilance of factors that can damage piston ringlands where in the past, these factors went unnoticed for too long or a hassle to obtain in a lengthy datalog.
This makes Cobb AP an even more worthwhile purchase for your car. You gain such a comprehensive assessment of the health of the engine and tune with constant awareness of the DAM, FKC, and FKL. You know at a moment's notice something isn't right and it is your judgment call to not push the car too hard on this batch of bad gas or delve into it with a full datalog.
This is bad gas:
My DAM was 1 prior to this fill up. Right after I filled up with apparently bad 93 octane, I noticed -1.1 knock at partial throttle and DAM dropped to 0.8 which means timing was pulled by 20% across the board. My DAM came back to 1 after the next tank. Had I not been monitoring, I could have unknowingly encountered this repeatedly in the future and you could see how bad it would bode for my motor in the long term.
I like the balance I have with power and drivability right now, who knows if I just completely decide to trash drivability in the future for power
